/r/Design
Design
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So at the moment I have three pieces on work showing my skills, UI and UX related as I have that specialty in my degree.
Ones an original project, ones a redesign of an existing website to make it more user friendly and the other is a redo of an old project involving perfume.
I had a depressive spell a for over a year after leaving university And now I’m trying to get a job and enter the workforce.
But would just having three be enough?
I also helped a family friend with his website and suggested how to make it more user friendly but I don’t really know how to visualise that.
I have been working in a design agency for the past 1 year and I have been in the same place since I joined that agency. I have worked on different design aspects, such as website design, branding, and social media content. Although I worked on different sections my niche is missing in this and I always talked about it to the founders but they are not bothered about it. I am really confused
It’s been 13 months since I’ve been unemployed. I’ve been actively reaching out to recruiters, seeking referrals, applying to roles across various locations in the US, and even considering positions both above and below my level.
I restarted my search in September after working on freelance projects since May. I’d appreciate any suggestions, guidance, or recommendations for someone in my situation. I have over 10 years of product design experience in Silicon Valley tech companies, with 6 years in management.
Hello r/Design,
I’ve recently started down the rabbit hole of studying design theory and philosophy of design and wanted to know if yall had any recommendations. I’ve enjoyed the work of folks like Tony Fry, Judy Attfield, and Ezio Manzini. I’ve also looked into picking up the Design Philosophy Reader, but last I checked it was out of stock on Amazon. I did see Heidegger was in it and I’ve enjoyed his work as well.
Thanks in advanced!
I currently work on a Graphic agency and we are strugling to find a good tool that allows our clients to do few things, all in the same place:
I was building a "client area" on Webflow, using clickup forms to create a new task(embed), and embedding the current status of a existing "list" with all the tasks. But I couldn't find any tool that allows comments/reviews while embedding.
Is there a tool that have all of those requeriments on the same place? we hate having to send the client to more than 1 place to do things....
Clickup to check/create tasks, frame.io to deliver/aprove graphics ect....
Some friends of mine recently got married and asked if I could make a display board to show everyone where to sit. They had the idea of naming every table after a point on the Isis River in Oxford where they met and so I came up with this design. It got plenty of compliments but some people seemed to not realise it was a map of a river. I'm very keen to improve, there's a chance I might start selling these so any feedback would be amazing.
I did a detailed write up of my process on my portfolio for those who are interested.
I have worked in my D2C fashion brand for about 4 years. Now we are thinking of expanding into a design agency. But have no clue where to get clients. As I have 0 experience in B2B.
Any help is appreciated. My speciality is merch & fashion design but I have done packaging design too. Here's my 3D work image
Has anybody ever seen a physical portfolio of a UI/UX designer?
Got a free trial for istock a couple months ago and could swear that I didn't check the autorenew buttonm was looking through my account earlier and saw that they have been charging me $29 monthly for the rest of the year. Wrote to them and they said they can only cancel the subscription for $70. What sucks is that I used it once during the trial. Anyone cancelled their subscription without paying the penalty?
Im 20 and have never been to college, I've been working full time in fashion (insanely lucky once in a lifetime type of chance since I have no degree or education) and I want to leave my job to learn. I've had a hard time finding any info or reviews for this school but from what I've heard it's good. I'm curious if this school is worth the time and money and want honest opinions since it's hard to find any! I'm not a great sewer and am looking at their apparel construction classes particularly.
My last full-time role was UX lead designing surgical software. Then the whole tech industry imploded, I was laid off, and it's been a shitshow since.
Competition for senior roles is insane, and UX as a whole is just crabs in a bucket. Right now, I just need something to pay the bills, so I've been looking at what's available locally. I'm in the rural Midwest, so there's not much of a demand for "UX designers." It's mostly graphic design and web design around here, and that's usually one person.
The resume and portfolio that I send out for UX roles, what landed me my last job, aren't cutting it.
With all of that in mind, this is the portfolio I've started using for these "graphic/web designer" roles. The goal is to sell myself as experienced, but not so senior that it's intimidating. Also, I know I'm going to (understandably) get a comment to remove the "photography" link. I added it for a recent application emphasizing photography/photo editing experience, but I'll probably end up moving it to an "about" page if I don't remove it altogether. Maybe that helps sell me as a "creative" though, hard to tell what hiring managers are looking for anymore.
It's a work in progress, so I'm open to whatever feedback anyone can offer: https://portfolio.andrewowest.com
Can someone make an official, vectorized of my logo and a watermark as well? Thanks
Hi all,
Just finished my Product Design BSc in the UK. Been taught Graphics, CAD inc Parametrics, Design Comms, Advertising, Materials etc all the basics of becoming a designer, but no actual real world experience, except 3 years of military reserves. Have spoken to a few design consultants in the UK and the majority are expecting me to work for free for a bit. This is fine, it's what I expected and I am fortunate that I can live at home and do some work for free to get some experiance, however, I do need money somehow and it's pretty bleak coming back home so want to begin to save to move out...
At risk of sounding entitled, I feel as though I deserve some money for my abilities. I graduated top of my class and I'm not a complete idiot, I do not lack motivation or work ethic but I do totally lack direction. My family work office jobs and aren't that creative so although they are supportive and give advice, it isn't all that useful - hence turning to you lovely people in the design industry...
Not begging you lot for jobs or easy money but I do need some direction since I'm a bit rudderless now. My degree taught me a lot but didn't teach me A) how to make my own money and B) how to seem attractive to potential employers who aren't looking solely for slave labour.
So my question is, if you were fresh out of Design School, how would you start making money in today's climate? If possible I'd like to work remote but I know I can't be picky. I have a powerful laptop, iPad and drawing stuff but literally no idea where to start.
I also don't need a crazy income but enough to atleast match what I would be getting working a bar or pub job to justify this consultancy role where I'm working Pro Bono.
Any advice is appreciated.
Portfolio below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e0XjOFD-V9ANLr8fLT8CRXUsHQYyyGZB/view?usp=drive_link
Hey everyone!
I'm a product designer currently working as the design head at an IT company. I'm actively looking to relocate to a European country and am trying to get a job there to get a visa. I'm sharing my resume and portfolio with you all. Please share the improvements that I can make using your expertise.
That'll be very helpful.
Thanks.
Portfolio - https://rohitux.webflow.io/
I’ve been a professional designer for the last 8 years. I started off as an independent graphic design freelancer after Uni and branched into brand strategy and website design. After 2 years, I joined an exciting team at a startup and I grew into a design manager in a brand design team.
I’ve led and art directed marketing campaigns, designed large scale events and experiences, basically the whole gamut of marketing/branding design.
While all this has been fun, I’m very confused about where I’m headed. I like to do many different types of projects, and at some point I even considered switching to product design but the idea of designing everything for a screen felt so limiting that I kept getting cold feet.
I feel like I have a lot of latent energy but I don’t know where to channel it. I’d be lying if I say that I’m creatively fulfilled at my job after all these years, but I do enjoy strategic work and coming up with new kind of projects.
Please share your experiences in this industry. Do you guys get another degree or switch fields or become HODs or something else altogether?
I’m trying to remove the background from an image, but I’m not sure which tools to use or what steps to follow. Could you explain the easiest way to do it like using the magic wand or other simple tools?
I am tired of paying and paying for servers and domains. I’m in the digital and interaction design field,as a student right now, but I’ve seen how other professionals share their works on dribble and I think that’s more practical?
I recently designed a menu on Canva, and I’m looking to get it laminated. I’ve been searching around but haven’t had much luck finding a place or website that offers lamination services for menus. When I do find a source I can’t to certain sizes or the lamination size I need (menu size is 8.5” x 14” and I need 10 mil lamination. Quantity of 50).I was wondering if yall have any recommendations for companies or small businesses that could help me out with this? I’d really appreciate any suggestions!
For context: I have been designing since I was 13 years old. I am now in my 4th year of university. And I’ve applied to over 50 design jobs and internships and can’t even seem to get an interview.
The consistent feedback I have gotten from professors and other professionals is that I have to be better at showcasing “process” or “storytelling” in my projects.
So my question is how do I learn to do this? Like the term seems so vague. How do I even begin to develop this skill so I can get my first job?